colitis

English

Etymology

From col- +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlaɪtɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

colitis (usually uncountable, plural colitises)

1. (pathology) inflammation of the colon.
2. (medicine, informal) Short for ulcerative colitis.

   Crohn's disease and colitis

Synonyms

• colonitis

Derived terms

• spastic colitis

 

Translations

inflammation of the colon

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 結腸炎／结肠炎 (jiéchángyán)

• Czech: kolitida f
• Finnish: paksunsuolen tulehdus
• French: colite (fr) f
• Italian: colite (it) f
• Malay: radang usus besar, kolitis
• Marathi: आंत्रशोथ m (āntraśoth)
• Portuguese: colite f
• Spanish: colitis (es) f
• Turkish: kolit (tr)

See also

• irritable bowel syndrome
• Crohn's disease

Anagrams

• solicit

Latin

Verb

colitis

1. second-person plural present active indicative of colō

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlitis/ [koˈli.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: co‧li‧tis

Noun

colitis f (plural colitis)

1. diarrhea

   Synonym: diarrea

2. colitis

Further reading

• “colitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014